Idioms

Italian translation: un'abitudine che reprime / frena / inibisce la curiosità

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English term or phrase:a habit that chokes the curious
Italian translation:un'abitudine che reprime / frena / inibisce la curiosità
Entered by: martini

12:28 Jan 9, 2021
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How can I say in Italian "a habit that chokes the curious"?
Mary Johnson
Australia
un'abitudine che reprime / frena / inibisce la curiosità
Explanation:
1. abitudine - something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are doing it
2. brutta abitudine - vizio = nasty / bad h. = something annoying that someone often does
3. dipendenza = addiction = a strong physical need to keep taking a particular drug or doing sth.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/it/dizionario/inglese/habit
https://www.wordreference.com/enit/habit
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martini
Italy
Local time: 02:09
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Thank you all!!!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +4un'abitudine che reprime / frena / inibisce la curiosità
martini
4 +2un'abitudine che soffoca i curiosi, la curiosità
Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.
3Una consuetudine che reprime la curiosità
Roberta Broccoletti


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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a habit that chokes the curious
un'abitudine che soffoca i curiosi, la curiosità


Explanation:
a habit that chokes the curious = un'abitudine che soffoca i curiosi / la curiosità

un'abitudine che soffoca la curiosità di fare e/o intraprendere cose nuove

Cristina Bufi Poecksteiner, M.A.
Austria
Local time: 02:09
Native speaker of: Italian
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agree  Anna Colla
33 mins

agree  Grosu Iuliana
3 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
a habit that chokes the curious
un'abitudine che reprime / frena / inibisce la curiosità


Explanation:
1. abitudine - something that you do often and regularly, sometimes without knowing that you are doing it
2. brutta abitudine - vizio = nasty / bad h. = something annoying that someone often does
3. dipendenza = addiction = a strong physical need to keep taking a particular drug or doing sth.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/it/dizionario/inglese/habit
https://www.wordreference.com/enit/habit

martini
Italy
Local time: 02:09
Native speaker of: Italian
PRO pts in category: 15
Grading comment
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agree  Alessandra Turconi: anche "che smorza"
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Una consuetudine che reprime la curiosità


Explanation:
Mia proposta.

Roberta Broccoletti
Italy
Local time: 02:09
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Native speaker of: Italian
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